A Reader Asks: Would An IRA Withdrawal Count As Income For Exchange Subsidies?
KHN's consumer columnist responds to a reader who is living off savings and wants to find a way to qualify for subsidies on the health insurance marketplace.
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KHN's consumer columnist responds to a reader who is living off savings and wants to find a way to qualify for subsidies on the health insurance marketplace.
Here is an in-depth look at what went wrong at MNsure, the Minnesota exchange that has been plagued by miscommunication, technology failures and management mistakes.
But the number of enrollees, especially those between 18 and 34, continues to lag expectations.
Some consumers who were stymied by website foul-ups may be able to receive retroactive subsidies or choose different plans.
Drivers are targeted because few have health coverage.
A number of insurance companies have agreed to give an actuarial firm early information about enrollment and member health in the plans sold on the online marketplaces.
KHN's consumer columnist explains that people can pick an exchange plan if their individual health insurance policies expire after open enrollment ends. Still, it's smart to start shopping now.
Research shows that certain sales strategies resonate with American Latinos, but California's insurance exchange didn't try any of them initially.
Some consumers will also get more time to keep plans that don't meet all the law's requirements.
With less than four weeks to go before the deadline, ads and direct appeals take aim at young people, Latinos and others without insurance coverage.
The overhaul mandated maternity coverage, but some private insurance plans don't include services.
KHN's consumer columnist explains that parents can get a child-only policy for a dependent living elsewhere while still getting coverage for themselves at home.
Selling Affordable Care Act insurance is going well in Connecticut, so the state is offering "Exchange In A Box" services to other states that are still stumbling.
Chicago-area consumers navigate the health law's new insurance exchanges.
Employees in some Texas practices spend hours on hold trying to verify that patients have new insurance.
Insurers claim the cuts are deeper and are campaigning to stop them, saying they will hurt seniors.
KHN's consumer columnist says that even though many preventive care services are covered without cost to the patient, "evaluation and management services" can be billed separately.
A new Stanford University study shows that patients with critical injuries are less likely to be transferred to trauma centers if they have insurance.
Making health care prices available to the public is difficult and expensive, and Colorado and several other states are in jeopardy of losing funding for their efforts unless Congress intervenes.
Under the health law and 2006 regulations, insurers can't deny medical coverage for an individual's injuries because they resulted from medical condition such as depression, even if it was not diagnosed before the injury.
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